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Originally Posted by Poe969
So your saying Hanafin is a top 4 guy but he's the reason Hamonic looked bad?
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Hanifin's growing pains were amplified by Hamonic's poor play and vice versa. Never a good idea to pair a young, would-be top 4 guy with someone worse than him. Hanifin should've been with Andersson much sooner than he was. It took an injury to force Ward's hand but he should've been deploying that pairing for most of the season since he's actually been here to personally witness that Hamonic is not a top 4 guy anymore. He hasn't been a positive force on the ice since he was an islander. Maybe it would be different if he was 3rd pair but they were too stubborn to try. Sometimes I thought I was taking crazy pills watching them force the issue over and over, game after game.